Sustainable Food Edmonton
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 129779583RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($238,323) as filed with the CRA.
Sustainable Food Edmonton is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $198K in revenue and $238K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 39% from donations, 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,356 in 2024, the largest being $2,356 to Dayspring Presbyterian Church. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Operates programs to encourage the building of community through urban agriculture and gardens in edmonton to develope a more socially
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $198K | $238K | $210K | — | $9,356 | $23K |
| 2023 | $253K | $261K | $180K | — | $57K | $63K |
| 2022 | $196K | $207K | $158K | — | $29K | $72K |
| 2021 | $203K | $206K | $193K | — | — | $83K |
| 2020 | $176K | $177K | $164K | — | — | $87K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,356 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $25K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$130K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roger Thomson (treasurer); Justina Mak (president); Whitney Masson (vice president); Camille Bowen-Forbes (board of directors - member); Sunita Kavati (board of directors - member); Phil Wolkowycki (board of directors - member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sustainable Food Edmonton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129779583RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.